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- noun An instance of
driving amotor vehicle in acarefree orreckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without thepermission of theowner . - noun dated A
ride taken forenjoyment . - verb To take a joyride.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
- verb ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
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Examples
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana Pacers 'joyride is over.
USATODAY.com - Two straight losses have Pacers feeling the Heat 2004
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Just the future of the coach, the best player, the direction of the program and the possibility that the end to the joyride could be abrupt.
USATODAY.com - Davis: Job in the NBA 'is goal'; Jeffries gone? 2002
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However, the joyride is the most sought-after service as it is not merely hauled by steam but it also consumes less time.
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Hugely criticized for embarking on a European "joyride" as flood waters swelled across Pakistan, the fact that Zardari was in London around the time of the sale may be evidence enough for malcontents.
Beenish Ahmed: Did Pakistan's President Zardari Buy Record Breaking £140 Million London Apartment? Beenish Ahmed 2010
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But this legendary 'joyride' is actually the saddest book you'll ever read—even with God on every page.
Speedlinking 8/5/07 William Harryman 2007
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She speaks of an illegal "joyride" when the two young sisters share a seatbelt.
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A five-year-old boy took his family's automatic 4x4 on a four-mile "joyride" before crashing it into a wall, it has been disclosed.
icBirmingham 2010
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A five-year-old boy took his family's automatic 4x4 on a four-mile "joyride" before crashing it into a wall, it has been disclosed.
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A five-year-old boy took his family's automatic 4x4 on a four-mile "joyride" before crashing it into a wall, it has been disclosed.
icScotland 2010
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A five-year-old boy took his family's automatic 4x4 on a four-mile "joyride" before crashing it into a wall, it has been disclosed.
yarb commented on the word joyride
...a great Gulliver's Travels fresco picture of an angel having a joy-ride on the back of a Goliath.
- D.H. Lawrence, Walk to Huayapa, from Mornings in Mexico, 1927
October 5, 2008